Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-06-22
TO FAME.


whose beauties to thy young pursuer seem
Beyond the ecstacy of poets dream
snail o'ertake thee, ere thy lustre fade2
"Ripe glory of tue noon, to dazzled eyes
A pageant of delight and power and gold,
Dissolve into mirage manifold
Do o'ertake thee, or mistake my prlze2
''Dull shadow Of the evening, gaunt and gray,
At random thrown, beyond me, or above r.
And memory N the arms of love- faa
Have o'erta'en thee, but to cast away?''
'tNo morn, or noon. or eve am l." she said,
'But night, the depth of night behind the sun;
By all mankind pursued, Tut never won,
Until my shadow falls upon shade.''
R. D. BLAcKMoRE in Hsrpers Magazine.
THINGS TO DO.
Kill your next years weeds now,
says the Country Home. Pull, dig,
NOW, rake, pile and burn all the weeds
you can find in. titled land, meadow,
pastures and by the roadside, now. and
you will have destroyed untold MILL
ions of weed seeds which otherwise
next year would have developed into
noxious, labor-making, manure-con-
suning, crop-weakening weeds, enough
to make the heart stick, the back ache
and the pocket empty.
There is good deal of refuse and
rubbish in every garden that can
with profit be disposed of by feeding
it to the COWS. Beet tops, turnip tops
cabbage leaves, etc., can be fed to ad-
vantage and without perceptible injury
to the flavor of the milk. if they are
eaten just after milking and in moder-
ate quantities. But it will not do to
let COWS eat such stuff to excess or in
large quantities.
FOR HEALTH's SAKE.
On the whole, the health-seeker will
do well to make the flesh of the sheep
and OK, in moderate quantities., his
staple, so far as albuminoid food is
concern ed, but he must vary this
constantly with chicken, game and
fish, when in season. He will hardly
need to be told that beef and mutton,
when good and properly cooked, give
him life and energy, and therefore
comfort and to a great degree happi-
ness, but may remind him that an I'M
due proportion of animal foood renders
him more liable to intlammatory troub-
les, whether acute or chronic, and
again, if subject to rheumatism or
other blood complaint, he must be
cautious in the use of such Vi
ands.
TO FATEN STOCK
i Complete quietude is also a matter
OF the first Importance, as it is we'll
known that an animal in confinement
will fatten much faster than one who's e
liberty is not so restricted as to pre-
vent him from taking too much phys
1cal exercise. Muscular exertion in
creases respiration and accelerates the
flow of blood, which, as it passes
through your lungs, becomes charged
with atmospheric oxygen, and which
latter introduced more freely burns out
the fat. Hence it is that in confne-
ment as soon as hog begins to fat
ten the less inclined he is for physical
exercise. and consequently accumulates
fat the faster. In other words. the
faster he grows the more sluggish he
becomes and the more rapidly he takes
on fat. ;.
LADIES CROCHET HOOD.
Make foundation chain of 1872
stitches, crochet Afghan or any pretty
crochet stitch, narrow every fourth
row. This is done by crocheting two
stitches together at the beginning of a
row and drawing the thread through two
> stitches instead of one at the beginning
of a return row. Narrow till you have
but five stitches on needle; draw thread
through these and fasten off. =
Border-The border. is made sepa-
rately and sewed to hood. Crochet a
foundation long enough to 60 all
round hood; make first, second and
: third rows of double crochet Quitting
needle through both top stitehes).
Fourth row-Seven double crochet
with white: now fasten on blue or
pink, and crochet seven picots; these
are composed Of five chain, one single
crochet, the single to be put into the
first of chain; this will make a line Of
: picots. On the edge of these picots,
crochet double all round; now joint
this line together, making a round
rosette. Let the loop On needle drop,
insert the needle through on the under
hide. Continue right on now with
double crochet for seven stitches, then
make another rosette, and so on the
whole length of border.
Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth rows
double crochet of the white
wool. nj -
Ninth roW-Fasten on colored and
crochet scallop of one double, two
treble, two double treble, one double,
one single crochet. Sew to hood.
CHOICE OF GRASSES. .5
i. In the near future. if not to-day, the
question Of grasses will be an impor-
tant one for Northwestern farmers. The